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Vol. 3, No. 35

August 29, 1997

Welcome to the Tripod Insider. This week: a new employee, a new pad for our servers, and a new twist on an old song to bring it all together. Read the news after seeing what's new on the site.

Content And Services

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NEW IN HEALTH/SPORTS

How often do you floss? Take this week's Ask the Doctors Quick Quiz and see if you can guess how much slime your mouth collects when you don't floss regularly. But hey, they're your teeth...

So, you're obsessed with flossing, eh? Maybe you need to talk to the Health section's latest specialist. Drop by the Ask the Psychiatrist page and send in any questions you have about mental health; our psychiatrist will answer the five or six most popular questions in the Health section in a few weeks.

—Lori Tuckett, Health Editor

NEW IN THE WOMEN'S ZONE

Motherhood reigns again this week, with "Crazy Mama!" It's all a plea to treat new mothers (and mothers-to-be) like normal people... even if they don't always act like them.

Candi Strecker defends new moms and explains "What Turns Moms Into Zombies, And Other Questions ."

Bernadette Noll goes shopping for maternity wear and uncovers a conspiracy — it's all designed to make mothers look like babies! In "Under the Big Top."

Then, meet the finest mothers, mothers-to-be, and ne'er-be-mothers we could find, in the Women's Room conference motherhood topic, hosted by Celina Hex from Bust.

Plus, new letters in the Editor's Room — reactions to Motherhood, part one ("Soon Enough a Mama"), and I get busted. Yes, I really am Baby Spice.

—Emma Taylor, Women's Room editor

NEW IN WEB/TECH

It's a spiritual thing, it's a vocal thing, it's a lyrical thing, it's a musical thing. It's a soundtrack to your life and emotions. It's Irondale, the new Rockstar Font from Chank Diesel, drawn by the drummer for Arcwelder. And it's free for your homepage-building pleasure.

In Web/Tech's "'Fess Up" conference topic, one Tripod member explains, "I have a lot of things I am working out in my life, so I use chat rooms. There I've found people that I can talk to that understand me. I don't need to try to be something I am not." Why do YOU use the Internet?

Calling all car lovers, enthusiasts, and experts. If you're a grease monkey, or just love a sweet set of wheels, you'll find something great in the Carburetor Junction Pod. Web/Tech's latest offering is Poderated by Tripod's very own beancounter (and Mustang pilot) Bruce Ludemann. Build a page devoted to your dream car, or just browse: You're invited!

As always, get the latest news in Podlife. See what's new this week in your favorite Pod.

— Josh Glenn, acting Web/Tech editor

PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP

10 Megabytes — what does that really mean? It's equivalent to hundreds of pages of text — with the addition of features that text can never offer. So you can write that book on Stonehenge, build your tribute page to Gary Coleman, and offer the world's most extensive collection of links to movie reviews, all within one set of pages! Combine those 12 megs with features including Personal Chat, an online Answering Machine, and colorized images custom-made by you, and the possibilities are endless!

10 megabytes, Personal Chat, Answering Machines, Colorizer Technology and more are available exclusively to Tripod Premium Members. Sign up now!

Tripod Insider

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This week, Tripod welcomes our newest software engineer, Heather Grace, who becomes the first (and only) female "tech guy" on the full-time staff. But Heather says she's used to life in the male-dominated field of software technology, so we're not too worried about her.

Speaking of the tech guys: They're all aflutter about the fancy new digs they picked out for our servers. And after a minor technical glitch forced them to postpone the move a few days, they've safely installed the computers in a space-age server room high above the Hudson River in picturesque Jersey City, New Jersey. It's all so exciting, it's got me humming the theme song from "The Jeffersons"...

Well, we're movin' on up/
To the East Side/
We got our deluxe servers/
In the sky.

Yeah, we're movin' on up/
To the East Side/
The tech guys got it right/
In two tries...

OK, so Jersey City isn't really on the East Side, I know that. But the servers have a real pretty view of the New York skyline, and that's something, right? Besides, with all the added speed the move will produce, let's just say we feel like singin'.

Thanks for becoming a member of Tripod.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me.
My mailbox is always open.

Tung T. Pham
Membership Director
[email protected]

This has been another issue of the Tripod Insider, the weekly newsletter on what's happening at Tripod.. Past issues of the Tripod Insider are also available.

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